Fare-collector



(No Model.)

M. D. GREENGARD 81: F. HARRIS.

FARE COLLECTOR.

Patented Jan. 20, 1891.

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MOSES D. GREENGARD AND IrRADnr-SHO I-IARRIS, or Sir. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

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, Application filed March 15,-189; Serial No. 344,064. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.- Be it known that we, MOSES D, GREENGARD and FRADRLSHONHARRIS, residing in the city of St. Louis andtateof. Missouri, have .inl i vented certain new and useful Improvements in Fare-Collectors, of, which the following is a specification.

Our-invention, which is in the nature of a portable fare-collector for street andrailway cars," has for its object toprovide a ;device which may be conveniently carried by the conductor and presented to each passenger to deposit the fare, the construction beingsuch as t'o prevent the possibility of extracting sameafterit `has been deposited bythe passengei,or rin any manneitampering with the same without being detected.

To this end our'invention yconsists of a casing or receiver constructed4 `substantially in the manner hereinafter described, provided with suitable'interior mechanism arranged and combined therewith forthe purpose and in the manner hereinafter h specifically set forth in the annexed .specification `and particularly pointed'out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying'drawings, in which-L Figure l is a ,perspective AView of our Aimproved collector.' Fig. `2isa vertical section Ofthesa'ni'e on `the lineA 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig `is asimilar view onthe ,line 3 Fig. lgyand Fig. 4 is Va detail view illustrating the means for operating the gong.

In the accompanying drawings the collector A is shown formed with a receiving-chamber a, having a funnelshaped mouth a', provided with a contracted end aia farearresting circular casing A', disposed at the lower end of the receiving-chamber 0 and a cash box or receptacle A2 below the casing A. The receiving-chamber is provided with a transpicuous front face, as shown at l, whereby the conductor and the passenger can see the fare when it is held at the bottom of the said chamber, and with the usual deflector-plates 2 2, as shown.

B B denote rings secured to the sides of the casing a, which serve as a convenient means for securing the collector to the ends of a strap b, adapted to be supported over the shoulders of the conductor or from any other suitable place.

C indicates a circular disk or wheel eccentrically journaled inside the casing'A, one face thereof'adapted tooperate adjacent ythe wall a5 of said casing, a fare-passage 3 being provided between the `front peripheral face ot' said disk and the front wall 4 of the casing A.

The faiearresters D D consist of blades arranged at right anglesto each other, which passthrough similarly-arranged apertures d d in the disk C, such blades having radial movements in relation to the said disk by means of the eccentric position of said disk within the casing, such blades forming radial valves 5 5, adapted to successively close the opening 6 6 between the receiving-chamber and the casing and hold the fare in sight until the disk is turned by the conductor to drop the fare into the box A2. As it is i; PATENT-ff:ERICE# necessary that in turning said disk the revolution thereof should be so adjusted that when one valve moves downward to discharge the fare the next succeeding valve shall take its previous position and close the opening 6,1 provide the peripheral face of* the disk with aseries of notchesE equal the number of bladesand arranged in the same relation therewith,sucl1 notches having an inclined Vedge e anda straight edge e', so as to permit said wheel being turned in one direction, (see arrow,) but not in a reverse direction, a spring detent orpawl F, having beveled head f, being arranged to engage said notches E as they turn into position in a manner clearly understood by reference to Fig, 2 of the drawings. G denotes a knob extended to without the casing A', which is connected with the disk C and serves as a convenient means for turn ing said disk.

The springdetent F is preferably disposed in a housing -10,formed on the rear face of the casing, in which is also mounted a gong II, provided with the usual spring-hammer h, the upper end of..which normally is disposed in the path of projections J .l of a number equal the notches formed on the disk C, which engage said hammer and operate to ring the gong at each quarter-turn of said disk.

The cash-receptacle A2 is provided with a door 20, hinged at the lower end to the bottom of the case, provided with a suitable locking device at its upper end. If desired,

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the door maybe hinged to the lower face of the case at 3() and provided with a lock at l40, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings, the advantages and operation oi' our improved fare-collector will readily appear.

It will be seen that after the fare is deposited in the collector by the passenger the same will pass down over the deiiectors and be held by valve 5, which projects under the opening The conductor then gives the knob a quarter-turn, which allows the fare to be dropped into the box at the bottom, at the same time causing the gong to ring. It will also be observed that the relation of the disk C and the casing A is such as to cause the blades to be reciprocated radially inward and outward in`the apertures, so as to cause the ends thereof to be pushed in position at the proper intervals to close the opening 6.

By our construction it will be impossible to remove the fare .by inverting the collector 1Brother-wise than that of unlocking the cash- It is obvious that in place of the knob G a lever may be employed to turn the disk C.

A suitable guard is arranged over the `lass front to prevent the same being accidentally broken. f

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is*

^ l. In a fare-collector, the combinatiomwith the receiving-chamberaf, the cash-box A2, and the intermediate chamber A', of the disk C, journaled eccentrically in thc said chamber A', one face of said disk arranged for contact with one wall of said chamber A whereby a coin-passage between said disk and the opposite wall of chamber A is formed, a series of valves radially adjustable in disk C, said disk formed with a series of notches and a series of projections, a stop-pawl, and a gong-operating device projected through the wall'of the chamber A adjacent the meeting end of said chamber and disk, adapted to. engage, respectively, with the notches and projections on the disk, substantially as and for the purpose described.

- 2. In a fare-collector, the combination, with the receiving-chamber a, having a transpicuous side, the cash-box A2, and the casing A intermediate of the chamber @and the box A2 and.communicating therewith, of the disk C,

4journalod eccentricatly in the said casing', a

series o'f radially-movable blades operating through said disk and adapted to cut od coinmunication between `the chamber and box, a series ot' notches formed in the disk, a detent adapted to engage said notches and hold said disk from movement in one direction, and means for rotating said disk, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. In a fare-collector, the combination, with the recei vin g-chamber ct, the cash-box A2, and

the circular casing A', disposed intermediate of and communicating with said chamber and box, of the disk C, centrally journaled eccentrically of the circular casing A', the radiallyadjustable blades operating through said disk, said blades adapted to close communication between the chamber a and box A2 and to arrest the fare, a turn-ing knob secured to said disk, a series ot projectionsformed,on'said disk of a numbersimilar to the blades, and a gong having a spring-hammer adapted to nor#y blades adapted to project to close the coinmunication between said chamber a and box A2, said disk provided with a series of notches and a series of projections, a spring-detent adapted to engage said notches and hold the disk from movement in one direction, a gong having a spring-hammer, the free end thereof adapted to be engaged by the projections on the disk when said disk is rotated, and means for rotating said disk, all'arranged substantially as and for the purpose described.

MOSES D. GREENGARD. FRADELSHON HARRIS. Witnesses: l

WILLIAM ZINK,

LEWIS H. RUMsEY.

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